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U.S. Congressmen To Host National Summit On Urban Violence In Chicago

A national summit on urban violence will take place at Chicago State
University later this month, members of the Congressional Black Caucus
announced today.

Black caucus members from Illinois, including U.S. Reps. Danny Davis
(D-Chicago), Robin Kelly (D-Matteson) and Bobby Rush (D-Chicago), are
heading up the effort. News of the emergency summit comes just days after a bloody 4th of July weekend of gun
violence in the city that left 12 people dead and more than 70 wounded.

“This
is an initiative that emerges out of the angst and the anger and the
pain that’s being occasioned on our constituents,” Rush said, according
to the Chicago Tribune.

The public is welcome to attend the summit at the university's
Jones Convocation Center, 9501 S. King Dr. It will start July 25 in the
evening and run all day on July 26. Gov. Pat Quinn, Chicago Mayor Rahm
Emanuel and other various leaders, experts and officials from across the
country have also been invited, Davis told the newspaper.

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DonGordon

6:20pm

Thu Jul 11

Chicago State University? Really? The summit should be at Harper High. Right there in the hood where the violence goes down every day. And tour the streets. Walk up and down, at night, and experience it first hand. Oh, and make sure the aldermen in all these wards are with you. And the mayor. And the governor. Hell, how about getting your buddy the Pres to come in for a night or two. These are familiar streets for him. Do this for a week or two. EVERY NIGHT. THEN go back to Harper, reconvene, and begin talking about what to do. And don't bring the damn press with you. This isn't a campaign event. It's real life. Otherwise all this summit amounts to is so much Kabuki theater to appease the masses so that they believe you're doing something.